Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A black pigment containing about 10 percent charcoal, made by roasting bones in an airtight container and used in polishes, as a filtering medium, and in decolorizing sugar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See Bone black, under
bone , n.
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- noun A preparation containing
carbonized bone , used as apigment and a filtering medium.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In this way, the "boneblack" of commerce is manufactured.] may be crumbled into powder with the fingers.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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Muriate of potash costs $40 and upwards per ton, sulfate about $48, dissolved boneblack about $24, ground bone about $30, kainit about $13, and nitrate of soda about 2-1/4 cents per pound.
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He looked at their feet and spotted a woman’s exquisite leather shoes, boneblack and glossed under a sconce.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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He looked at their feet and spotted a woman’s exquisite leather shoes, boneblack and glossed under a sconce.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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He looked at their feet and spotted a woman’s exquisite leather shoes, boneblack and glossed under a sconce.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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